CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” (3.672 million) came roaring back during the week of April 18-22, 2022, matching in total audience with the week of January 17-21, 2022 for its best overall performance since the week of January 3-7, 2022. The soap gained +249,000 viewers week to week and was up +448,000 viewers compared to the same week last year. Year to year, “Y&R” was flat in both Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 rating, tying for third place in Women 18-49 rating with “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “TODAY 3rd Hour,” each with a 0.4 rating, and tying for second place in Women 25-54 rating with “B&B” and the first half-hour of “The Price is Right,” each with a 0.7 rating.
The two half hours of “The Price is Right” (4.795 million/4.212 million) attracted their largest overall audiences since the week of February 21-25, 2022, and “The Talk” (1.536 million) had its best audience since the week of March 28-April 1, 2022. Meanwhile, both half hours of “Let’s Make a Deal” (2.772 million/2.421 million) were the only daytime broadcast series to lose viewers week to week while the second half-hour was down a mere -8,000 viewers compared to the same week last year.
“The Bold and the Beautiful” (3.213 million) hit a new season high in Total Viewers and attracted its largest overall audience since the week of April 20-24, 2020, the final week of pre-pandemic originals. The series tied for third place with “Y&R” and “TODAY 3rd Hour” in Women 18-49, each with a 0.4 rating. In Women 25-54, “B&B” tied for second place with “Y&R” and the first half-hour of “The Price is Right,” each with a 0.7 rating. In fact, “B&B” was the only daytime broadcast series to see gains in Women 25-54 compared to the same week last year, increasing +0.1 in rating. In Women 18-49, the soap was flat year to year.
Compared to its performance in 2020 (3.2136 million vs 3.275 million), “B&B” also managed to hold onto most of its total audience during a period in which TV viewing was reaching multi-year highs. The soap was down a mere -62,000 viewers compared to two years earlier.
“The View” (1.583 million) aired reruns all week but still managed to attract more viewers than “The Talk,” and beat the first half-hour of “Let’s Make a Deal,” “GMA3: What You Need to Know” (1.594 million) and “The Talk” in Women 18-49 rating. “The View” tied for sixth place in Women 18-49 with a 0.3 rating to the latter three shows’ 0.2 rating. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” again placed last in Women 25-54, and tied for last place with the aforementioned “The Talk” and the first half-hour of “Let’s Make a Deal” in Women 18-49 rating. “The View” was officially retitled to “VIEW-ABC” which means its figures for the week will not count into the show’s season average.
Despite “The View” being in reruns, “General Hospital” (2.180 million) managed to increase by +71,000 viewers week to week. The soap also saw gains week to week in Women 25-54, +0.1 in rating, while remaining flat week to week and year to year in Women 18-49 rating.
“Days of our Lives” (1.818 million) had its best audience showing since the week of January 31-February 4, 2022, the final week of originals aired before going on a two-week hiatus due to NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympic Games. The soap was up +154,000 viewers week to week.
What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of April 18-22, 2022 in Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including a look at their comparable performance in 2020 and 2021 (where available), respectively. A closer look at the daytime soaps, including their daily performance in the demos, will be posted soon.
Notes: Viewing levels were hitting multi-year highs in 2020 during the initial shutdown of the country due to COVID-19. Year-to-year comparisons (2022 vs 2021) among Households and Total Viewers will be back beginning with next week’s report (week of April 25-29, 2022).
Households and Total Viewers for “TODAY 3rd Hour” were not available at press time which currently skews the rankings in those categories. Comparable 2020 figures for “GMA3: What Need to Know” are based on the performance of “Pandemic: What You Need to Know.” The current iteration was rebranded effective June 2020.
Week Of April 18-22, 2022 Rankers
Women 18-49 Rating
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | 2020 W18-49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) | 0.5/10 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) | 0.5/9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 3. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 0.4/8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 3. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 0.4/7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 6. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 6. General Hospital (ABC) | 0.3/6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 0.3/6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 6. The View (ABC) – REPEAT | 0.3/5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 6. Days of our Lives (NBC) | 0.3/5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 11. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 0.2/5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 0.2/4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 11. The Talk (CBS) | 0.2/4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Women 25-54 Rating
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | 2020 W25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) | 0.8/12 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) | 0.7/11 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 2. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 0.7/9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 2. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 0.7/9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 5. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| 6. General Hospital (ABC) | 0.5/6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 6. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 8. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 0.4/6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 8. Days of our Lives (NBC) | 0.4/6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 0.4/6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 8. The View (ABC) – REPEAT | 0.4/5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 8. The Talk (CBS) | 0.4/5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 13. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 0.3/4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
Households
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | 2020 Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) | 3.0/14 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| 2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) | 2.6/13 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 2.5/11 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 2.2/10 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 1.8/9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 1.6/8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| 7. General Hospital (ABC) | 1.5/7 | 1.4 | N/A | 1.7 |
| 8. Days of our Lives (NBC) | 1.2/5 | 1.1 | N/A | 1.5 |
| 9. The View (ABC) – REPEAT | 1.1/5 | 1.6 | N/A | 2.3 |
| 10. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 1.0/5 | 1.0 | N/A | 1.6 |
| 10. The Talk (CBS) | 1.0/5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| . TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | N/A | 1.4 | N/A | 2.3 |
| . TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | N/A | 1.0 | N/A | 1.5 |
Total Viewers
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | 2020 Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) | 4,795,000 | 4,611,000 | 4,435,000 | 6,286,000 |
| 2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) | 4,212,000 | 4,064,000 | 3,918,000 | 5,668,000 |
| 3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 3,672,000 | 3,423,000 | 3,224,000 | 4,042,000 |
| 4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 3,213,000 | 3,068,000 | 2,734,000 | 3,275,000 |
| 5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 2,772,000 | 2,912,000 | 2,780,000 | 4,052,000 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 2,421,000 | 2,517,000 | 2,408,000 | 3,418,000 |
| 7. General Hospital (ABC) | 2,180,000 | 2,109,000 | N/A | 2,304,000 |
| 8. Days of our Lives (NBC) | 1,818,000 | 1,664,000 | N/A | 2,110,000 |
| 9. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | 1,615,000 | 1,456,000 | N/A | 2,114,000 |
| 10. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 1,594,000 | 1,579,000 | N/A | 2,203,000 |
| 11. The View (ABC) – REPEAT | 1,583,000 | 2,353,000 | N/A | 3,059,000 |
| 12. The Talk (CBS) | 1,536,000 | 1,486,000 | 1,272,000 | 1,905,000 |
| . TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | N/A | 1,981,000 | N/A | 3,094,000 |
Note: The numbers above are calculated using Live+Same Day viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m, and are courtesy of Nielsen. Household ratings are the percentage of TV homes in the U.S. tuned into television.
*Notable Preemptions/Schedule Changes
- “Let’s Make a Deal” aired for just 10 minutes during its first half-hour on Thursday, April 21.
- “The View” was retitled to “VIEW-ABC” as the show aired reruns all week and its average is based on four days (Monday-Thursday). Its ratings will not be factored into the show’s season average. The Friday, April 22 episode was not rated by Nielsen.
